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Tip of the Week: Super Simple Surf Scrolling

In our ongoing series of tips that help those that don't want to have to take their hands off the keyboard, this week's tip is for avid web surfers.  Scrolling down on a web page is a pretty common task, but did you know that you don't have to use the mouse to see what is "below the fold"?

The next time you need to scroll down on a web page, give this week's tip a try: press the space bar!   

Headwhack of the Week: Avoid closing Firefox tabs accidentally 

If you love Firefox as much as we do, you've probably run into this headwhack...closing a tab that you meant to just click on!

If you want to eliminate the possibility of clicking on the "x" on each tab, change the location of the "close tab" button.  

You can move them or remove the 'close tab' through the about:config feature (type about:config in the address bar of Firefox).
Edit the preference for “browser.tabs.closeButtons”.

Here are the meanings of each value:
0: Display a close button on the active tab only
1:(Default) Display close buttons on all tabs
2:Don’t display any close buttons
3:Display a single close button at the end of the tab bar

Geek Speak of the Week: Progressive Download

A method of delivering audio/video data over the Internet or a network that allows the playing of the initially downloaded portion of a file while the download is still in progress. .

Security: Brazilian Botnet Herder Busted

For all of you that have ever said "Why can't we go after those people that create viruses", this story is for you...

A Brazilian man has been charged in connection with operating a botnet composed of more than 100,000 computers infected with malicious software allegedly designed to send spam, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.

News: Songbird Beta: Like iTunes, But it Goes to 11

If you like iTunes but want a little less of the iTunes Store commercialism, Songbird, the Firefox of MP3 jukebox software, may be just what you've been wishing for...

News: Microsoft's Photosynth Goes Live

Microsoft's Photosynth takes a collection of regular photographs and reconstructs them in a 3D environment. As an example, it can take photos of Venice from hundreds of separate photographers and compile them into one, continuous shot of the canals and their surroundings.

Data Doctors Video on Cnn.com: Choose your paper wisely

If you've ever gone into the office supply store and stared at a mountain of paper with every description under the sun, then this week's segment was shot just for you! 

Watch the video and help our rankings on CNN.com!  You can watch us live every Saturday morning at 9:30AM Pacific, 12:30PM Eastern or watch the archived versions of our segments whenever you want at CNN.com/video.

MacLife: Dual Protection for Mac/Win OS users 

Louis from MacMedia brings us this week's MacLife tip...protecting computers that have either or both the MacOS and Windows.

The MacOS is less vulnerable to viruses and malware, but those cool commercials touting that fact is spurning the hacking community to create malicious code aimed at those that they suspect are not prepared.  If you are concerned about protecting you Mac or you have a computer that is running both MacOS and Windows, take a look at what the folks at Intego are offering users.

Opinion: The Internet Radio Death Watch

If you like free Internet radio sites like Pandora or Slacker you may be interested in Dan Costa's perspective on how Internet radio royalties may kill the emerging Internet radio industry.

Weekly Advice Column: Should I install ThreatFire?

Do you know the difference between "signature-based" antivirus programs and "behavior-based" antivirus programs?  Learn about both and a free program called ThreatFire that may be an extra layer of protection that you may want to add...

This Week's Show:  Extending Media across your home network

The popularity of digital media such as MP3, YouTube and digital photography combined with the popularity of wireless home networks has set the stage for a pretty cool convergence.

Wouldn't it be great if you could access your music, videos and photos from any television, computer or handheld device in your house?

Well, guess what...YOU CAN! The number of companies that have created products that will allow you to extend all of your digital media beyond your desktop is overwhelming.

Listen in as we review all of the various ways that you can make this happen in your home and hear from listeners that have "been there, done that"!

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